An altered nightlight holder using rub-ons

A change of pace today with an altered object.

Recipe

Other: Cherished Memories Rub-ons

Non-SU: Glass night light holder, Battery powered night light, Glass beads

I cut the rub-ons I wanted to use from the main sheet, together with their backing paper. Removing the backing paper, I held the design in place against the glass holder and rubbed the design down with the lollipop stick, rolling along the curve of the glass, a small area at a time. After carefully removing the paper, leaving the rub-on in place, I re-covered with the backing paper and burnished with my finger, just to ensure the rub-on was properly adhered.

Not all the rub-ons did adhere fully. The bold areas were fine but some wispy areas tore just a little. I think this was mainly due to trying to place them on a curved surface (I'd recommend a straight sided glass holder instead). I covered the tears by adding another small design over any gap (see the circle flowers in the pic below).

A very easy way to fancy up a cheap and cheerful glass holder.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

No stamping required for this Christmas card

I really love to pair Taken with Teal with Basic Black as I think it's a really classy colour combo but I was looking for another retiring colour to put with it instead and decided on Close to Cocoa - only problem is that we've now run out of Close to Cocoa cardstock! Check out the sell-outs list above to make sure that what you want is still available.

So I apologise that you can't order all the supplies for this card but here it is anyway. And this is one of my rather rare "no stamping" cards. It's just cardstock, a border punch, rub-ons and a bit of ribbon. All products are retiring/have retired.

Recipe

Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Close to Cocoa

Punch: Eyelet Border

Satin Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Other: Icicle Rub-ons (Silver)

The row of snowflakes were rubbed-on direct to the Taken with Teal card blank. The bird and a variety of other shaped snowflakes were also added to a mat of Taken with Teal. A slightly larger mat of Close to Cocoa was punched at one end with the Eyelet Border and the Taken with Teal mat adhered direct to it. A strip of Taken with Teal was adhered direct to the left side of the Close to Cocoa mat and Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon was wrapped around and secured behind the mat. A small piece of the same ribbon was knotted on and the mat was popped up on dimensionals on the card front.

Right sorry I can't stop and chat but I'm rushing off now because my preorder goodies arrived today (squeals of delight) and I just can't wait to have a play. Sorry though - I won't be able to show you what I've made until 1 October.

Getting your hands on the new products the month before launch is just one of the many benefits of becoming a demo and if you sign up in September then you'll be able to substitute new card stock, Stampin’ Pads and stamp sets from our Sneak Peak preorder list into your Starter Kit. Take a look here for more information.

Back soon.

Sara xx

My colour combo challenge for you over at In Love With Stamping

Well it's a new month and so a new set of challenges over at In Love With Stamping. It was my turn to propose two of the challenges and this was the colour combo I set:

Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Chocolate Chip with optional Whisper White or Very Vanilla

And this is how I've used them:

Recipe

Stamp set: Oval All

Cardstock: Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst

Ink: Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst, Chocolate Chip

Punches: Scallop Oval, Large Oval

Taffeta Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Rub-ons: Hidden Garden Blossoms

Other: Pretties Kit, Rhinestone Brad (Circle Ice)

Non-SU: Scallop and Circle die cuts

Two large scallop circles were die cut from Lovely Lilac and the back layer was scored in a straight line with seven scallops on one side of the scoreline. This seven scallop portion was adhered to the front layer with sticky strip, creating a stand for the card. The large Chocolate Chip rub-on from the Hidden Garden Blossoms was applied to a large circle, die cut from Almost Amethyst. Using the Lilac and Amethyst markers I coloured a small flower from the Pretties Kit and secured it to the centre of the rub-on with a rhinestone brad. Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon was wrapped around the lower portion of the circle. This layer was popped up on dimensionals on the front of the card. Fabulous Friend was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Almost Amethyst and punched with the Large Oval. The flowers were coloured using the blender pen and Chocolate Chip ink. The sentiment was popped up on dimensionals on a Scallop Oval punched from Lovely Lilac. Both layers were then popped up on dimensionals on top of the ribbon.

Hope to see your creations with these colours in the gallery soon.

Sara xx

Recipe for sneak peek 7 anniversary card using window sheet

This card uses a couple of new catty additions; window sheets and coloured glitter. I used part of a Medium Window Sheet here and the champagne glitter from the Fine Galaxy set (a set of 5).

Recipe

Stamp sets: Cheers to You, Cause for Celebration (retired)

Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark

Taffeta Ribbon: Whisper White

Rub-on: Cherished Memories

Other: Medium Window Sheet, White EP, Gold EP, Fine Galaxy Glitter

Non-SU: Nesties

I stamped the window sheet with Versamark and heat embossed with White EP. The card was made before I had access to the full range of new catalogue goodies which was a shame because the embossing buddy would have helped reduce the static and therefore the sprinkles of white EP across the window sheet (it's fairly obvious if you look close at the pic above). I used the dinky heart from Cause for Celebration because that's what I had available at the time but now I would use one or more hearts from the Love You Much set.

The Medium grade window sheet is a very sturdy acetate, ideal for this type of card. The champagne glasses were "coloured" with Tombow and sprinkled with champagne glitter. This is a very fine grade glitter that dries opaque (and therefore doesn't show any colour from underneath as the Dazzling Diamonds do). The rub-on takes to the acetate very well, a nice, smooth transfer, no problems there.

I'll be posting more about uses for both grades of window sheet (Medium and Thick) in the future so please pop back soon.

Sara xx

SWU sketch challenge and sneak peek 7

Welcome to another Stamp With Us challenge. This week it's a sketch:

Now I almost always use stamps and technically I still have here (for the sentiment) but I thought I'd push a little outside my comfort zone and I've used a rub-on for my main image:

Recipe

Stamp set: Fresh Cuts

Cardstock: So Saffron, More Mustard

DSP: Haiku

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Rub-ons: Hidden Garden Blossoms

Other: Pretties Kit, Crafters toolkit

Non-SU: Cuttlebug embossing folder

I used the groove of my paper cutter and my bone folder to create the embossed square around the main image. The Haiku DSP is only available until Wednesday 30 September (but we have some fantastic new papers arriving in the 2009-10 catalogue on Thursday).

This weekend's a bit of a whirlwind for me. This afternoon I'm off to Cardiff for a week's training so poor DH is left at the ranch looking after Bess on his own. Yesterday was our wedding anniversary so I'm glad I was still at home for that. Today's sneak peek is the anniversary card that I made for him:

I'm feeling quite smug actually. I finished the card on Thursday evening, over a day ahead of schedule. Usually he's doing well if I make it on the day, lol.

Yesterday I was also out for a while delivering a workshop to a lovely bunch of ladies who already meet regularly for a crafting session and donate the money left out of the room hire kitty to the Air Ambulance Service. As usual my workshop overran and we had to rush the make and take a little. The ladies were pretty impressed with the quality of the punches and the DSP's and scrapping kits particularly. Scandinavian Season went down a storm especially with the different looks you can give it with the Dazzling Diamonds. The wheel guide for the Stampin' Around wheels even convinced some of them they'd be able to stamp in a straight line. Hmm, wonder why I overran ...

Looking forward to seeing you again soon ladies.

Please hop along and see what my fellow DT members have created with this week's challenge. Right now I'm off to go and check out any of your entries for last week's challenge that I didn't get to yet.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Sara xx